Potato and vegetable cutter



lMay 8. 1928.

l B. KooLs Po'm'o AND. vEGsmsLE GUTTER Filed Ap Bernard 00 i PatentedMayi 8, 192.18.

PATENT OFFICE.

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applicano mea apra a7, im. semi nq. ascesa o This invention relates topotato and vegetable cutters. J

Objects of this invention are to provide a vegetable cutterVparticl'llarly adapted. for cutting potatoes in the julienne style',and which is so constructed that the potato, is

alternately cut in elongated strips, so thatl the entire face of thepot-ato'is gradually cut away in a uniform and even manner..- y

Further objects are to provide a. simple type of device :foraccomplishing the above noted results and` one .which is composed of alsmallnumbcr of easily cleaned arts.

'Further objects are to plrovide a evice, which may lbe relativel ceaply manufacturedand easily assemb ed by ordinary machine Shoprecesses.

- e An embodiment of thelA invention is showin l in the accompanyingldrawings in which Figure 1 is a. side elevation partly 4in section ofthe potato cutter;

- Figure 2 is'an end view thereon;`

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen -that the device is 'providedwith a .'standard 1 equipped with a clamping screw I 2, whereby it may`or other support be attached'to a table`top B. .This standard isequipped with an elongated bearing 4 -and with an upwardlyextendingbracket 5. The bracket 5 carries the rectangular vhop r '6,

within which the potatoes are to be p aced,

- with .(which-is' held in place by'means of the lock verse slots 13 atdiametrically opposite wa yl, by means o t e manipulating han e 8. o Theelongated bearing 4 carries a shaft 9 which is equipped with amanipulating -crank 10' at its outer end. vThe inner end of the shaft isthreaded and receives the ocking'nut, `11. The shaft carries a drum 12iing nut 11, such drum being closedvat its inner .end and open. at itsouter end.

The drum is provided with a pair o and .carries uted knives I14. Theseare held in place by Aneans of the screws 15, as shown in Figure 3. Itis to be noted, particularly from reference to Figure 3,' that each halfo vor ridges 16, whichand behind the upwardly extendingloops of.

3;'. t. onopposite sideaoftli'e and the knives are a alsocorrespondingly Figure; 3 1s a view vof the rotating'drum removed fromthe device. 1

such' tatoes being referably pressed downrdlm i) the plunger 7, equippedf transl gints series of ribs extending ap ives of the drum is providedwith ribs" are positioned' adjacent;

the corresponding knife 14. These cousin.

staggered with reference to their upwardly extending iluted or loopedportions. Thus, when one of the knives cuts a series of shreds orstringers from the potato, it leaves curved channels in the potatowithin which the ribs 16 ride, thus holding such potato against cuts theintermediate portion between the channels previously formed in thepotato.

llateral motion. The next knife presented I .In this way the entire faceof the' potato is uniformly cut away by means of the alternately actingknives and their staggeredv outwardlylooped or iiuted portions.

The operator runs no danger of cutting his fingers duel tothe plunger. 7.b means of downwardly into lengagement with the ro- The device isextremely simple, as will be readily a preciated vfrom the descriptiongiven -an may, consequently, Vbe readily cleaned and kept in a sanitarycondition. Further, it ma be very cheaply produced by ordinary mac inesho processes.

- It is to benoted urt er\ that the deviceV .which he is enabled topress t 1e potatoes will eectively and rapidly producethe desiredshredded form for potatoes.

Although'the invention has bepn described in consi reference to each oter, said drum having a roximately half way around such drum wit one setof ribs aligning with the outwardly looped portions of one knife and theother -set of ribs aligning with the outward-ly'looped'` portions o fthe, other knife.

',.In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handsat Appleton .in the'county of Outagamie and State of isismael) KooLs.

erable detail, 'such description is -mtended as illustrativeI ratherthan limiting having diametrically opposite slots, fluted --knivesmounted within said slots, and having outwardly'dooped; ortionsstaggered with o

